Monday 30 November 2009

30 November 2009 - Blue Mountains, NSW, Oz

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Grey Shrike-Thrush

Red Wattlebird

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Saturday 28 November 2009

28 November 2009 - Wollongong Pelagic, NSW, Oz

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

(White-capped) Shy Albatross

Short-tailed Shearwater
Providence Petrel
Providence Petrel
Great-winged Petrel

Great-winged Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Kelp Gull (+various!)

Flesh-footed Shearwater
Crested Tern
Bridled Tern (highlight of the trip for local birders...)
Black Petrel
Black-browed Albatross
Dolphins (spp!)

Australian Pelican
Australian Gannet

28 November 2009 - Wollongong Pelagic

Pom Skuas in various states of moult





























Friday 27 November 2009

25-27 November 2009 - Green Patch area, NSW, Oz

New Holland Honeyeater

Common Bronzewing

Red-whiskered Bulbill

Tuesday 24 November 2009

24 November 2009 - Coal Coast, NSW, Oz

Sooty Oystercatcher

Silver Gull (immature)

Friday 20 November 2009

Wednesday 18 November 2009

18 November 2009 - Hawks Nest, NSW, Oz

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Red Wattlebird

Little Wattlebird

Monday 16 November 2009

16 November 2008 - Numbucca Heads & somewhere, NSW, Oz

Bar-tailed Godwit Nambucca Heads

Koala - finally managed to get a real, proper, wild Koala!

Sunday 15 November 2009

15 November 2009 - Red Rock, NSW, Oz

Needle-tailed Swifts - Finally managed to grab the camera whilst one flock of 30+ birds was passing through.

This one has 'needle tails' - and you can make out the dark feet!

Same bird as above.

A strange looking bird in the photograph. In active moult: old 3 outermost primaries, all other primaries are new. Secondaries; all being replaced. Why the breast pattern? Who knows!

Many of them simply didn't look like Neele-tailed; more like Alpine in shape.

Nice to get a few pics of them.

Saturday 14 November 2009

14 November 2009 (PM) - Red Rock, NSW, Oz

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Grey Fantail

Silver Gull

Eastern Rosella